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1971 Texas A&M

5–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Gene Stallings.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1971, game by game: won vs. Wichita State 41–7; lost at LSU 0–37; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 7–34; lost vs. Cincinnati 0–17; lost at Texas Tech 7–28; lost at TCU 3–14; won vs. Baylor 10–9; won at No. 8 Arkansas 17–9; won vs. SMU 27–10; won at Rice 18–13; lost vs. No. 12 Texas 14–34+34−37Won 41–7 vs. Wichita State+34Wichita StateLost 0–37 at LSU-37LSULost 7–34 at No. 1 Nebraska-27No. 1 NebraskaLost 0–17 vs. Cincinnati-17CincinnatiLost 7–28 at Texas Tech-21Texas TechLost 3–14 at TCU-11TCUWon 10–9 vs. Baylor+1BaylorWon 17–9 at No. 8 Arkansas+8No. 8 ArkansasWon 27–10 vs. SMU+17SMUWon 18–13 at Rice+5RiceLost 14–34 vs. No. 12 Texas-20No. 12 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsWichita StateW 41–⁠770%
Sep 18atLSUL 0–⁠3720%
Sep 25at1NebraskaL 7–⁠3411%
Oct 2vsCincinnatiL 0–⁠1746%
Oct 9atTexas TechL 7–⁠2827%
Oct 16atTCUL 3–⁠1431%
Oct 23vsBaylorW 10–⁠960%
Oct 30at8ArkansasW 17–⁠99%
Nov 6vsSMUW 27–⁠1052%
Nov 13atRiceW 18–⁠1344%
Nov 25vs12TexasL 14–⁠3426%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 34–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1971.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
144–⁠212
Coach
Gene Stallings
Elo
1443 +31 this season
SP+ rating
-3.5 No. 83 of 120; offense No. 101, defense No. 45
SRS
−0.9 No. 70 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 6Leonard Forey OGCleveland Browns

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mark GreenRBAP-2
  • Homer MayTEAP-2
  • Buster CallawayOTAP-2
  • Van OdomDTAP-2
  • Boice BestDTAP-2
  • Brad DusekDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠18–⁠318
Arkansas5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠116
TCU5–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
Texas A&M4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU3–⁠44–⁠7
Rice2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Texas Tech2–⁠54–⁠7
Baylor0–⁠71–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.